Kent Boydston on North Korea

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China's customs data should be viewed judiciously as we can never be too sure that politics is removed from its customs reporting. It's worth noting that China has not reported crude oil exports to North Korea since early 2014, but it is quite clear that North Korea is still importing Chinese crude oil.feedback

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Jul 05 2017

Policymakers in the U.S. and elsewhere should be very skeptical that China will ever clamp down on North Korea to the point where it really makes the Kim regime rethink its behavior. Beijing is cautious and fears a destabilized regime more than an aggressive, nuclear Pyongyang.feedback

Southeast Asia's collective insouciance has helped Pyongyang fly mostly under the radar, fill its coffers, and keep its criminal enterprises afloat. Indeed, DPRK-ASEAN trade is relatively small pickings, but $181 million per year is not nothing. The world should be concerned about these non-proliferation and otherwise criminal behaviors as they relate to the Philippines-DPRK relationship, although in (President Donald) Trump's call with (Philippine President Rodrigo) Duterte last month, these specific issues weren't discussed.feedback